The overall rate of speed at which an object moves; calculated by dividing the total distance an object travels by the total time.
What is average speed?
100
A car that travels 120 miles in 2 hours is traveling at this speed.
What is 60 miles per hour?
100
There are this many centimeters in 5 meters.
What is 500?
100
Accelerating or Not Accelerating:
A car making a turn
What is Accelerating?
100
This is difference between velocity and speed.
What is velocity must have direction and speed cannot?
200
The length of the path between two points.
What is distance?
200
A glider can travel 390 meters in 30 seconds. It is traveling at this speed.
What is 13 meters per second?
200
There are this many millimeters in 8 meters.
What is 8000?
200
Accelerating or Not Accelerating:
A truck traveling in a straight line at a constant speed
What is Not Accelerating?
200
This is the way that average and instantaneous speed are different.
What is average speed is over a period of time and instantaneous speed is at one point in time?
300
The speed at that an object is moving at a specific point in time.
What is Instantaneous Speed?
300
A train travels at a speed of 55 miles per hour for 4 hours. It went this far.
What is 220 miles?
300
There are this many millimeters in 2 kilometers.
What is 2,000,000?
300
Accelerating or Not Accelerating:
A plane descending, landing and coming to a stop
What is Accelerating (or decelerating)?
300
You should always use this kind of reference point.
What is Stationary or one that is not moving?
400
The rate at which velocity changes
What is Acceleration?
400
A sailboat is cruising at 40 feet per minute. It travels this far in one hour.
What is 2,400 feet?
400
There are this many meters in 375 centimeters.
What is 3.75?
400
An object is accelerating if one of these two things are changing.
What are Speed or Direction? (Must have BOTH answers)
400
A change in position relative to another object
What is Motion?
500
A place or an object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion
What is a Reference Point?
500
A helicopter is 2000 feet away from its destination and can fly at a speed of 20 feet per minute. The helicopter will take this long to reach its destination.
What is 100 minutes or 1 hour and 40 minutes?
500
There are this many meters in 1625 millimeters.
What is 1.625?
500
An object was traveling at 5 m/s. After 5 seconds, it was traveling at 15 m/s. Its acceleration over that time was this.
What is 2 meters per second squared?
500
A car is accelerating at 2 feet per second squared from a speed of 4 feet per second. The car is going this fast after 10 seconds.